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Full Time: A show about women's soccer

Giving Temwa Chawinga her flowers, plus the BOS Nation FC launch fiasco

Full Time: A show about women's soccer

The Athletic

Sports, Nwsl, Wsl, News, Women's Soccer, Sports News, Soccer

4.8808 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On one of the most jam-packed Full Time podcasts ever, Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan unpack the team name launch of the Boston-based BOS Nation FC, the NWSL's 15th expansion club.

What was behind the now redacted 'Too Many Balls' marketing campaign? Who are the owners trying to appeal to? How will Boston look to make amends after hurting its fanbase, and current players in the league, during a tumultuous 48 hours?

Adding an on-the-ground perspective, Steph Yang joined the podcast fresh from attending the BOS Nation launch event, where she spoke to the Boston Unity Soccer Partners ownership group as well as local fan groups.

Later on, it was time to give Temwa Chawinga her flowers. Tamerra spoke with the record-breaking woman of the moment and fellow KC Current teammate Mwanalima Jereko. Last week, Chawinga scored her 19th goal of the 2024 season, breaking Sam Kerr's record of 18 in a single NWSL season.

The two African-born players talked about their chosen family sisterhood as teammates, their favorite foods that African fans bring for them after matches, the secrets behind their joyous goal celebrations, and what the real Chawinga is like off the pitch.

Plus, San Diego Wave and the NWSL are being sued by five former Wave employees, and Merritt Mathias announced her retirement.

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HOSTS: Tamerra Griffin, Meg Linehan

GUESTS: Steph Yang, Temwa Chawinga, Mwanalima Jereko

PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes

VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen

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San Diego Wave and NWSL face discrimination lawsuit filed by five former club employees

Merritt Mathias will retire as a truly authentic NWSL original

Linehan: Boston NWSL club misses the mark with BOS Nation FC and marketing campaign

Boston NWSL team to be known as BOS Nation Football Club, with green as primary color

BOS Nation, a publicity campaign gone wrong and an apology for the hurt it caused

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I am never going on another vacation again because what on earth went down while I was gone.

0:23.8

Welcome back to full time with Meg Linnehan. I am Tamara Griffin. I'm shook. But that's a me problem, I guess. I am joined, of course, by my co-host,

0:30.8

Meg Linnehan. And I'm so grateful you're here, Meg, because, ooh, I mean, we always say that

0:35.7

there is so much to talk about. But this might be a superlative week of things we have to get through. But how are you doing generally? Yeah. I mean, I do, I feel like there's a running gag in the end of yourself when I go on vacation, all help breaks loose. So, like, maybe the baton has been passed to you because there have definitely been times. I mean, I also had multiple days

0:55.7

off last week to like make up for working. So I do think I may have exacerbated the problem of

1:02.4

just like, you know, Steph had gone to Orlando. She was trying to get days off. Like, everybody's

1:08.3

just trying to like catch their breath before the championship, before playoffs. And, you know, I mean, everybody's just trying to, like, catch their breath before the championship, before

1:11.5

playoffs.

1:12.6

And, you know, I mean, it's a good thing that we have the review because then you get

1:16.5

the little Monday, like, okay, we got to fill you in.

1:19.6

Uh-huh.

1:20.1

But then, like, we got to, there's a lot still that has to be crammed in.

1:26.1

Yeah.

1:26.3

I mean, I was telling you earlier that this feels like a blackout bingo card of news.

1:32.0

I mean, everything from records being broken to lawsuits to expansion team drama,

1:39.7

we're going to get to all of it somehow, but we're going to do it.

1:44.0

I am seriously, though, so excited

1:47.1

to let you guys know that I am going to be speaking with the it player of the moment in the

1:52.9

NWSL, Kansas City Current, golden boot, goal scoring record breaker, Tamwa Chowinga, and her teammate,

1:59.7

her African sister, who is the captain of

2:02.2

the Kenyan women's national team, Wanalima Jericho, about everything that Temwa has

2:07.1

accomplished and the impact that African footballers have been making in this league.

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